US Attorney Sarah Saldaña considered to head immigration and customs enforcement

U.S. Attorney Sarah Saldaña being considered to head immigration and customs enforcement

By Kevin Krause
kkrause@dallasnews.com
3:10 pm on August 27, 2014

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Texas’ first Latina U.S. attorney may become the nation’s first Latina head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Sarah Saldaña is being considered for the job by the Obama administration, according to a federal law enforcement official.

The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday evening that that Saldaña is the frontrunner for the position.

The White House declined to comment on the Saldaña rumor. Her office also declined to comment.

Saldaña, 62, has held the top prosecutor job not even three years and currently is in charge of the high-profile public corruption case against Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price. The trial date was recently moved to January 2016.

Saldaña was sworn in as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas in September 2011. Previously, she was a federal prosecutor in Dallas who worked on the City Hall corruption case that sent former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill to federal prison for 18 years in 2010.

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